HIV Clinical Nurse Specialist

Are you a motivated, compassionate nurse who wants to make a difference? An opportunity has arisen for a compassionate, highly motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our HIV team. You should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a genuine passion for caring for patients with HIV and life long conditions and an understanding of how to support newly diagnosed patients.

Main duties of the job:

• Working autonomously as a clinical nurse specialist to deliver specialist clinical care appropriate to the needs of individual HIV patients in line with research based principles.
• Perform advanced assessments to reflect the patients' social, psychological, emotional and physical needs at initial diagnosis and before commencing or switching antiretroviral therapy.
• Perform initial assessments of unwell patients, liaising with / referring to HIV Consultants or other MDT members as appropriate.
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of HIV co-infections and co-morbidities screening and monitoring in complex situations.
• Monitor and review plans of care with patients to meet individual needs, referring to HIV Consultants or other members of the MDT if required.
• Manage own caseload of HIV patients; maintain patients' confidentiality, dignity and respect at all times.
• Carry out extended skills such as history taking, physical examinations and ordering investigations.
• Review and interpret investigations / tests results.
• Discuss treatment options with patients and ensure good adherence to medications.
• Act as a point of contact and advocate for disclosure of HIV status.

About Us:

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together. Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development.
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Person Specification:

Essential:

• Significant post registration experience.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the HIV/ sexual health issues such as confidentiality, stigmatization, equality and diversity etc.
• Previous experience in health promotion activities.
• Demonstrate knowledge of current HIV / sexual health related research / evidence-based practice.

Desirable:

• Experience in screening patients for sexually transmissible infections.
• Experience in Community/District nursing.

Essential:

• Registered nurse (Level 1).
• Minimum of 1st Degree in Nursing.
• Full UK current driving licence.

Desirable:

• Counselling qualification.
• STIF NHIVNA core competency.
• STIF NHIVNA advanced competency.

Essential:

• Ability to autonomously assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care according to individual needs.
• Ability to manage own caseload.
• Ability to work with multi-disciplinary team and adapt to clinical/organisational changes.
• Able to independently and competently discuss/manage difficult and sensitive issues with patients, clients and relatives.
• Demonstrate good knowledge of nursing professional issues and the application of evidence based practice.

Desirable:

• Demonstrate evidence of initiating innovations in practice.

Personal Qualities – Essential:

• Remain non-judgemental at all times.
• Demonstrate awareness of political, gender and cultural issues related to HIV / sexual health.
• Able to work out of hospital environment to engage with patients, clients, relatives, public and other organisations involved in patients care.
• Ability to take initiative and demonstrate sensitivity, empathy and respect to others.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details: University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Florence Nightingale Community Hospital, London Road, Derby, DE1 2QY.